The Russians want to suddenly export oil.  The Americans are suspicious and don’t believe the stories of them finding new oil fields.  Why would they want to export oil when they hardly have enough for their own needs?  The Americans come to the conclusion that the Russians have found another energy source.  Fusion energy, and it turns out that they are years ahead of the Americans.  They find out that a by product is a weapon that could tip the balance of world power.  Now, Yuri Denisov wants to destroy it and he can only turn to one place for help…the CIA.  Denisov and Melvin Laskey move on a remote base in Northern Russia to destroy the Mirror Machine and the weapon.  But, the good guys don’t always win and the bad guys aren’t who they seem to be and everyone seems to have a hidden agenda. 

Mr. Dvoracek writes a very believable story where espionage is taken to a high level of suspense and action.  He starts his story off slowly, introducing the readers to the characters and scenario.  Then, the action begins and Mr. Dvoracek takes his reader on a breathless race against time.  The story twists and turns and is full of surprises.  The reader is soon aware that not everyone is as they seem in this taut story.  This reviewer was held throughout the story as Mr. Dvoracek manages to integrate the political and the personal to give the reader not only multi-dimensional characters that breathe and live but a thriller that truly thrills.  Mr. Dvoracek himself comes from a background where his knowledge and grasp of the subject matter has helped him to create this story of Cold War tension and the subtleties of espionage. 

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